| Name: Name: | MK 101 | MK 101 |
| Original title: Original Name: | MK 101 | |
| Manufacturer: Producer: | Rheinmetall-Borsig, Dusseldorf, Berlin and Unterlüß | |
| Period of production: Production Period: | DD.MM.1943-DD.MM.1945 | |
| Made the pieces: Number of Produced: | - | |
| a Prototype made: Prototype Built: | DD.MM.1940 | |
| the Use of: Use: | the Bf 110 C-6 the do 217 E-2/R5 Henschel Hs 129 Heinkel He 177 a-1/U2 Zerstörer | |
| Technical data: Technical Data: | ||
| Weight: Weight: | 139 kg | 306 lb |
| Caliber: Calibre: | 30 mm / 1,81 in | |
| Charge: Cartridge: | 30x184B | |
| the Length of the barrel: Barrel Length: | 1350 mm | 4ft 5,14 in |
| Total length: Overall Length: | 2592 mm | 8ft 6,04 in |
| Used ammunition: Ammo Used: | armor-piercing with tungsten core - 450 g trhavá trhavá incendiary - 330 g | APCR HE HEI |
| Feats: Performance: | ||
| Maximum range: Maximum Range: | 1.2 km | 0.7 I |
| Rate of fire: Rate of Fire: | 230 - 260 blows/min | 230 - 260 rpm |
| Muzzle velocity: Muzzle Velocity: | 900 m/s | 2952.8 ft/s |
| Note: Note: | Air cannon MK 101 carried a supply of grenades in the bunkers after the 6, 10 and later 30 of the hub. Thanks to the long barrel and průbojným missile with a tungsten core fought the breastplate of the tl. 75 mm at a distance of 300 metres. Aircraft of the Hs 129 proved with this weapon probíjet towers of soviet heavy tanks, the KV-1. The firing of the bullets causing an electric impulse. Remote control of the whole of the weapon was the pneumatic. Znehodnocovala it its size and nízská rate of fire. | Fed by a 10-round (early versions) or a 30-round box magazine, the MK 101 could penetrate 3 in of armor at 330 yards range. The anti-tank weapon, the Mk-101's was mounted in the aircraft of the Hs 129 and with AP rounds with tungsten-cored was capable of penetrating the turret and side armor of the Soviet KV-1 heavy tank. Featuring a pneumatic cocking and fired by percussion via an electrical solenoid, the Mk 101 was recoil-operated |
| Sources: Sources: | www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org http://www.deutscheluftwaffe.de/.../Technische Daten des MG 131 www.wehrmacht-history.com http://weapons-of-war.ucoz.ru/publ/33-1-0-172 www.gunstar.co.uk https://en.wiki2.org/wiki/MK_101 | |
